Audio Visual Technician

CompQsoft, Inc.; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

CompQsoft in Virginia seeks an Audio Visual (AV) Technician to install, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot audiovisual systems for meetings, conferences, and events. You will ensure reliable, user-friendly setups and support for in-person, hybrid, and virtual meetings.

Responsibilities include configuring displays, projectors, cameras, microphones, and control panels, while providing real-time technical support and maintaining thorough service logs and inventories.

Qualifications

• Experience setting up and breaking down AV for meetings and events.
• Ability diagnose basic AV issues in conference rooms and live events.
• Experience with conferencing platforms and recording functions.

Responsibilities

• Set up, test, operate, and break down AV equipment for meetings, presentations, training sessions, and events.
• Configure and support projectors, displays, video walls, microphones, speakers, mixers, cameras, lighting, conferencing systems, and control panels.
• Provide real-time technical support to presenters, facilitators, leadership, and participants.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, network, signal-routing, and display issues.
• Conduct pre-event equipment checks and verify room configurations.
• Support in-person, hybrid, and virtual meetings using approved VC platforms.
• Manage audio levels, microphone placement, camera framing, displays, and recording during live events.
• Install and route AV cabling, mounts, and related infrastructure safely.
• Perform routine maintenance, firmware updates, cleaning, inventory checks, and minor repairs.
• Maintain equipment inventories, service logs, setup diagrams, and incident documentation.
• Coordinate with facilities, IT, network, security, event planners, and vendors.
• Train users on basic operation.
• Ensure configurations comply with safety, cybersecurity, access-control and information-handling procedures.
• Recommend replacements or upgrades based on recurring issues.

Skills

Displays

Projectors

Microphones

Speakers

Audio mixers

PTZ cameras

Video switchers

Conferencing systems

AV control panels

AV-over-IP

Cabling

Mounting hardware

Power protection

Job description

Description

An Audio Visual (AV) Technician installs, operates, maintains, and troubleshoots audiovisual equipment used for meetings, presentations, training, conferences, events, and multimedia communications. The technician ensures systems are reliable, user-friendly, and ready to support mission, business, or event requirements. Familiarity with commercial audiovisual systems, including displays, projectors, microphones, speakers, audio mixers, PTZ cameras, video switchers, conferencing systems, AV control panels, AV-over-IP equipment, cabling, signal extenders, mounting hardware, and power-protection devices. Ability to diagnose basic audio, video, connectivity, and equipment-control issues in conference rooms, training spaces, and live-event environments.

Core Responsibilities

• Set up, test, operate, and break down AV equipment for meetings, presentations, training sessions, and events.
• Configure and support equipment such as projectors, displays, video walls, microphones, speakers, mixers, cameras, lighting, conferencing systems, and control panels.
• Provide real-time technical support to presenters, facilitators, leadership, and event participants.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, network connectivity, signal-routing, audio-feedback, and video-display issues.
• Conduct pre-event equipment checks and verify that rooms are configured according to event requirements.
• Support in-person, hybrid, and virtual meetings using approved video teleconferencing and collaboration platforms.
• Manage audio levels, microphone placement, camera framing, presentation displays, and recording functions during live events.
• Install and route AV cabling, connectors, mounts, and related infrastructure while maintaining a safe, orderly workspace.
• Perform routine maintenance, firmware updates, cleaning, inventory checks, and minor repairs on AV equipment.
• Maintain accurate equipment inventories, service logs, setup diagrams, and incident or trouble-ticket documentation.
• Coordinate with facilities, information technology, network, security, event planners, and vendors to resolve technical requirements or issues.
• Train users on basic operation of conference-room and presentation equipment.
• Ensure equipment configurations comply with applicable organizational safety, cybersecurity, access-control, and information-handling procedures.
• Recommend equipment replacements, upgrades, or configuration improvements based on recurring issues or operational needs.

Requirements

Clearance required: Secret Clearance

CompQsoft provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and in the working environment to all employees and applicants. CompQsoft does not take any non-merit factors like race, color, religion, sex (gender), mental/physical disability, and age into account for purposes of recruitment, hiring and development